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Table of Contents

Welcome 2

How to Complete Your Contract 3

7 X 7 Scoreboard 4

Week 1 8

Week 2 15

Week 3 22

Week 4 29

Week 5 36

Week 6 43

Week 7 50

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WELCOME TO THE 7 HABITS 7 X 7 CONTRACT

Over the next seven weeks you will have the chance

to dramatically improve your life through living the

7 Habits By the time yoursquore done you will have

improved a key relationship achieved an important

goal at work developed the habit of weekly planningcompleted and polished your Personal Mission

Statement and much more By committing yourself

to carry out this contract for seven weeks you can

transform your life by dedicating only a few minutes

a day Remember out of small steps great things are

accomplished

This booklet contains everything you need to

complete your contract You can also find the contract

on the Living the 7 Habits app

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7 X 7 SCOREBOARD

Herersquos an overview of the daily activities for completing

your 7 X 7 Contract Place a check mark in the circle

when you complete each dayrsquos activity

Week

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

1

Plan YourWeek

Refine Your

MissionStatement Set a Goal

2Plan Your

Week

Practice

Empathic

Listening

Have a

Proactive

Day

3Plan Your

Week

Balance Your

Roles

Speak

Proactively

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Table of Contents

Welcome 2

How to Complete Your Contract 3

7 X 7 Scoreboard 4

Week 1 8

Week 2 15

Week 3 22

Week 4 29

Week 5 36

Week 6 43

Week 7 50

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WELCOME TO THE 7 HABITS 7 X 7 CONTRACT

Over the next seven weeks you will have the chance

to dramatically improve your life through living the

7 Habits By the time yoursquore done you will have

improved a key relationship achieved an important

goal at work developed the habit of weekly planningcompleted and polished your Personal Mission

Statement and much more By committing yourself

to carry out this contract for seven weeks you can

transform your life by dedicating only a few minutes

a day Remember out of small steps great things are

accomplished

This booklet contains everything you need to

complete your contract You can also find the contract

on the Living the 7 Habits app

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7 X 7 SCOREBOARD

Herersquos an overview of the daily activities for completing

your 7 X 7 Contract Place a check mark in the circle

when you complete each dayrsquos activity

Week

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

1

Plan YourWeek

Refine Your

MissionStatement Set a Goal

2Plan Your

Week

Practice

Empathic

Listening

Have a

Proactive

Day

3Plan Your

Week

Balance Your

Roles

Speak

Proactively

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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WELCOME TO THE 7 HABITS 7 X 7 CONTRACT

Over the next seven weeks you will have the chance

to dramatically improve your life through living the

7 Habits By the time yoursquore done you will have

improved a key relationship achieved an important

goal at work developed the habit of weekly planningcompleted and polished your Personal Mission

Statement and much more By committing yourself

to carry out this contract for seven weeks you can

transform your life by dedicating only a few minutes

a day Remember out of small steps great things are

accomplished

This booklet contains everything you need to

complete your contract You can also find the contract

on the Living the 7 Habits app

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7 X 7 SCOREBOARD

Herersquos an overview of the daily activities for completing

your 7 X 7 Contract Place a check mark in the circle

when you complete each dayrsquos activity

Week

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

1

Plan YourWeek

Refine Your

MissionStatement Set a Goal

2Plan Your

Week

Practice

Empathic

Listening

Have a

Proactive

Day

3Plan Your

Week

Balance Your

Roles

Speak

Proactively

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 SCOREBOARD

Herersquos an overview of the daily activities for completing

your 7 X 7 Contract Place a check mark in the circle

when you complete each dayrsquos activity

Week

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

1

Plan YourWeek

Refine Your

MissionStatement Set a Goal

2Plan Your

Week

Practice

Empathic

Listening

Have a

Proactive

Day

3Plan Your

Week

Balance Your

Roles

Speak

Proactively

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 SCOREBOARD

Herersquos an overview of the daily activities for completing

your 7 X 7 Contract Place a check mark in the circle

when you complete each dayrsquos activity

Week

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

1

Plan YourWeek

Refine Your

MissionStatement Set a Goal

2Plan Your

Week

Practice

Empathic

Listening

Have a

Proactive

Day

3Plan Your

Week

Balance Your

Roles

Speak

Proactively

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Start

AchievingYour Goal Make aDeposit

Rate Your

Openness toDifferences Make-UpDay

Take Down

the Barriers

Leverage the

Strengths of

Others

Rethink a

Relationship

Make-Up

Day

Seek to Be

Understood

Live in

Quadrant 2

Rethink Your

Work

Write a

21-Day

Letter

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Share Your

Mission

Statement

Be a

Transition

Person Apologize

Make-Up

Day

Delegate

Tame Your

Technology

Get Clear on

the End in

Mind

Make-Up

Day

Get toSynergy

Model

a GoodCharacter Forgive

Make-UpDay

Finish Your

Mission

Statement

Live Your

Mission De-stress

Write a

Victory

Letter

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you were to ask me what single practice would

do more than any other to balance your life and

increase your productivity it would be this Plan

your week each week before the week beginsrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 2REFINE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement defines your highest values

and priorities Invest 15ndash30 minutes in yourself

today and work on refining your Personal MissionStatement

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 3SET A GOAL

Consider one of the goals you started in the

7 Habitsreg work session or pick a new one This

should be a personal or a work goal that reallymatters to youmdasha goal you can achieve or make

progress on in the next seven weeks On a piece

of paper define the outcome What would success

look like for you

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 4START ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL

Look back at the goal yoursquove defined for yourself

What Big Rock activities do you need to do over

the next seven weeks to complete or make prog-ress toward that goal Schedule them now

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 5MAKE A DEPOSIT

Your closest relationships are a source of great

meaning and purpose in your life Identify a key

relationship in your life that might be in disrepairMake a deposit today in that personrsquos Emotional

Bank Account

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Reject Tolerate Value

Race

Religion

Gender

Age

Politics

Week 1 Day 6RATE YOUR OPENNESS TO DIFFERENCES

Mark the box that best represents how you

respond to differences in each of the following

categories Do you reject tolerate or valuedifferences

Write down what you can do to better value

differences in each category

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 1 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goalsRemember the goal you set on Day 3 last

week

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe main thing is to keep the main thing themain thingrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First Practice Card 9

1 s 3 4 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 2PRACTICE EMPATHIC LISTENING

Today practice listening for understanding In your

interactions with people try to reflect back the

feelings of others and the content of their message(You can do this on social media if yoursquod like)

Avoid the temptation to jump in and advise or

judge

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 3HAVE A PROACTIVE DAY

Proactive people are the ldquocreative force of their

own livesrdquomdashthey choose their own way and take

responsibility for the results By contrast reactivepeople see themselves as victims Whatrsquos going on

in your life today that might make you reactive

Choose a proactive response and try it today

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 1

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 4TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS

Think about the goal you identified in Week 1

Day 3 Identify the obstacles yoursquore encountering

to achieve that goal Find someone today to help you brainstorm ways to overcome the obstacles

Use his or her strengths to compensate for your

weaknesses

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 5LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

We are surrounded by the strengths of others

and we donrsquot tap into them enough On the table

below list your closest co-workers Next to eachname list that personrsquos unique strengths

What could you do today to take greater

advantage of the strengths of others in your

own work

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 18

Name Strengths

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 6RETHINK A RELATIONSHIP

We sometimes overlook the people who really

matter to us Is there an important relationship

yoursquove neglected Take time to write down what your end in mind is for this relationship Do

something today to make that end in mind more

of a reality

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 2 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoThe week is the perfect unit of time It is not

too distant to do something about but itrsquos close

enough to be relevantrdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 2BALANCE YOUR ROLES

In trying to fulfill all the key roles in our lives we

sometimes neglect one important role and get out

of balance Identify one of your most importantroles in lifemdashspouse partner professional parent

volunteer etcmdashthat you might be neglecting Do

something today to better fulfill that role

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 3SPEAK PROACTIVELY

Reactive language is a sure sign that you see

yourself as a victim of circumstances instead of as a

proactive self-reliant person Try going one wholeday without using any reactive language like ldquoI

canrsquotrdquo or ldquoI have tordquo or ldquoYou make me so madrdquo

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 2

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 4SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Think about an upcoming presentation or a

persuasive message you need to give someone

Make sure you understand other points of viewfirst Then practice giving your presentation to

another person or post it on social media Make

your point with both the courage of your convic-

tions and consideration for othersrsquo viewpoints

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood Practice Card 17

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 5LIVE IN QUADRANT 2

Quadrant 2 is the quadrant of effectiveness Identify

a Quadrant 2 activity yoursquove been neglectingmdashone

that if done well would have a significant impactin your life either personally or professionally Do it

today or schedule some time to do it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 7

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 6RETHINK YOUR WORK

On a piece of paper list five words that describe

how you feel about your job and your career at

this point in your life What do these words tell you about your paradigm of your job Now write

down five words yoursquod like to say about your job

Identify how your paradigm needs to change to

make that happen

Paradigms and Principles

of Effectiveness

See-Do-Get Cycle

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 3 Day 7WRITE A 21-DAY LETTER

Today is Day 21 of your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you today about your progress Please

write us a short message telling us about lessons yoursquove learned and experiences yoursquove had while

living the 7 Habits Are the 7 Habits making a

difference in your life What have you done to

make yourself a more effective person How have

the 7 Habits affected your most important

relationships

Send your letter to 7X7franklincoveycom

Thank you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoIf you only plan daily yoursquoll simply be managing

urgencies Weekly planning is the only sure way to

stay in Quadrant 2rdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 f 5 6 7WEEK

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 2USE YOUR TIME WELL

At the start of the day use the Time Matrix below

to estimate how many hours you will spend in each

quadrant today At the end of the day record how

many hours you actually spent in each quadrant

How accurate were your estimates Are you satisfied

with the way you spent your time What do you

need to change

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

Q1

Q3 Q4DISTRACTION WASTE

NECESSITY

I M P O R T A N T

N O T I M P O R T A N T

URGENT

Q2 EFFECTIVENESS

NOT URGENT

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 3MAKE A WIN-WIN AGREEMENT

Choose a relationship for which you would like to

develop a Win-Win Agreement This person could

be a work associate family member businesspartner or manager Try to put yourself in that

personrsquos place and write down on a piece of paper

what you think would be ldquowinsrdquo for that person

Then write down your own ldquowinsrdquo

Make a Win-Win Agreement today or schedule

time to complete it later

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 15

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 4SHARE YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is not just for you those

who are close to you can benefit from knowing

your goals your values and your vision for yourown life Today share your Personal Mission

Statement with someone you trustmdasha friend a

family member or a close associate Ask him or her

to help you refine it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 5BE A TRANSITION PERSON

We are all influenced by our pastmdashour upbringing

our genes our environmentmdashbut we are not de-

termined by it Think through the negative patterns your parents or grandparents might have passed on

to you (a bad habit a bad temper a bad attitude

etc) How are these things affecting you Do

something today to break that pattern

Habit 1 Be Proactive

Practice Card 4

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 6 APOLOGIZE

Saying yoursquore sorry when yoursquove made a mistake

or hurt someone else can quickly restore an

overdrawn Emotional Bank Account It takescourage Who needs an apology from you Take a

chance and apologize to that person today

Public Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 4 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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or your individual use only

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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36 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoTherersquos no better way to balance your life than to

view your life in terms of rolesrdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

39copy FranklinCovey

Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 41

Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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46 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 5 Day 2ELIMINATE THE UNIMPORTANT

Quadrants 3 and 4 are real time robbers These are

activities that steal time from you without giving

back Make a list of themmdashthe less important tasksthat take up too much of your time Circle the one

task that is the greatest culprit Do something today

to eliminate it or cut back on it

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

N O T I M P O R T A N T

Trivial work

Avoidance activities

Excessive relaxation

television gaming

Internet

Time-wasters

Gossip

Q3 Q4Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Irrelevant meetings

Other peoplersquos minor issues

Unimportant email

tasks phone calls status

posts etc

DISTRACTION WASTE

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 5 Day 3LEARN FROM THE DIFFERENCES

Choose a political or social issue you care about

Put your personal views aside for the day Find

a few peoplemdashin person on social media or bysearching onlinemdashand find out their views Listen

for understanding Write down at least three new

perspectives or ideas you got from this exercise

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

39copy FranklinCovey

Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

39copy FranklinCovey

Task Delegate tohellip

Week 5 Day 4DELEGATE

You donrsquot have to do everything yourself and you

donrsquot have to be the boss to delegate Effective del-

egation is important to your personal productivityList on the table below the responsibilities yoursquove

taken on that others could do just as well Then

list people you could delegate them to Take steps

today to delegate those responsibilities

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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40 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

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Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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or your individual use only

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 5 Day 5TAME YOUR TECHNOLOGY

Review how you are using technologymdashyour

smartphone your tablet your TVmdashwhatever you

use Do these tools serve you well or do theymake it hard for you to get things done and

personally connect with other people

Do one thing today to reduce the distractions from

your technology Here are some ideas

bull Turn off your alerts

bull Check your social media only once a day

bull Donrsquot let your device interrupt a

conversation with another person

bull Turn off your device during a Big Rockactivity

bull Donrsquot text while you drive

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 8

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1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 41

Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

43copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 4257

1 2 3 4 g 6 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 41

Week 5 Day 6GET CLEAR ON THE END IN MIND

Do you have a clear end in mind for each task

meeting or interaction with family and friends

From todayrsquos schedule pick one work item andone personal item and write your end in mind for

each one

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 5

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

42 copy FranklinCovey

Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

43copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

43copy FranklinCoveycopy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

45copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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46 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 4957

48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 5 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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or your individual use only

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

43copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquoOrganizing on a weekly basis provides much

greater balance and context than daily planning

There seems to be implicit cultural recognition of

the week as a single complete unit of timerdquo

mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things First

Practice Card 9

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

45copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 4557

7 X 7 CONTRACT

44 copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 2SEEK SOMETHING BETTER

Think about your work You spend so much of your

life and energy at it how often do you take stock

of your own productivity Ask a trusted co-workeror your manager how you could become a more

productive person Pick one item and start doing it

today

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

45copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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46 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 4957

48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

copy FranklinCovey52

Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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Week 6 Day 3LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

Today work to develop a full understanding of a

viewpoint you donrsquot agree with Identify a

person who typically sees things differently from you on one issue or another Go to that person

and say ldquoYou see things differently I need to listen

to yourdquo Then do it Just listen Repeat back the

other personrsquos viewpoint until he or she feels you

fully understand

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

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Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 4GET TO SYNERGY

Synergy has real benefits when yoursquore trying to

solve a problem Find someone (or better yet a

group of people) today to talk to about a problemor an opportunity yoursquore facing Explain the

problem and your ideas for solving it Then ask this

question ldquoWould you help me come up with ideas

I havenrsquot thought of yetrdquo Take a few minutes to

brainstorm

Habit 6 Synergize

Practice Card 19

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

copy FranklinCovey 47

Week 6 Day 5MODEL A GOOD CHARACTER

Think of a person who in your opinion has

excellent character Define some of the principles

of effectiveness that person lives by Which of thoseprinciples would you like to practice more often

in your own life Do something today to act on

those principles

Paradigms and Principles of

Effectiveness

Maturity Continuum

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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48 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 6 Day 6FORGIVE

Wersquove all been hurt at some time or another by

someone elsersquos thoughtless words or acts If yoursquove

been hurt and it still bothers you realize that per-son has weaknesses just as you do You donrsquot need

to carry around the burden of someone elsersquos flaws

Forgive that person today

Private Victory

Practice Card 11

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

copy FranklinCovey52

Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 5757

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 5057

1 2 3 4 5 h 7WEEK

49copy FranklinCovey

Week 6 Day 7MAKE-UP DAY

Use this day as a make-up day Do any activity

yoursquove missed during the week or just take the

day off

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 5157

50 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 1PLAN YOUR WEEK

Find a quiet place where you can focus and spend

20ndash30 minutes to

983089 Connect with your mission roles and goals

983090 Schedule the Big Rocks Ask the Big Rocks

Question ldquoWhat are the one or two most

important things I can do in this role this

weekrdquo

983091 Organize the rest Schedule your other tasks

appointments and activities around your Big

Rocks

ldquo[You can] deeply enjoy spontaneous experiences

knowing that you have proactively organized your

week to accomplish key goals in every area of your

liferdquo mdashStephen R Covey

Remember that your Daily Private Victory is a

Big Rock for each day of the week

Habit 3 Put First Things FirstPractice Card 9

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

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Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

51copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 2OPEN YOUR HEART

Identify someone you donrsquot normally listen to

and ask ldquoHowrsquos it goingrdquo Open your heart and

practice Empathic Listening Yoursquoll be surprised atwhat you learn

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand

Then to Be Understood

Practice Card 16

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

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Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

copy FranklinCovey52

Week 7 Day 3BE ABUNDANT

Look around and identify someone who deserves

credit for something he or she has done or helped

you accomplish Be sure to privately or publiclyacknowledge that personrsquos contribution and give

credit where credit is due

Habit 4 Think Win-Win

Practice Card 12

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

53copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 4FINISH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT

Your mission statement is your personal

constitution Yoursquove had time to refine it and get

feedback from others Now itrsquos time to complete your Personal Mission Statement Take time today

to finish it

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

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This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

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54 copy FranklinCovey

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 5LIVE YOUR MISSION

Now that yoursquove completed your Personal Mission

Statement pick one phrase or idea from it and live

it today Let your mission statement be a livingtestament to your vision values and goals

Habit 2 Begin With the End in Mind

Practice Card 6

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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1 2 3 4 5 6 jWEEK

55copy FranklinCovey

Week 7 Day 6DE-STRESS

Life can be busy and stressful In addition to your

Daily Private Victory give yourself permission

to take 30 minutes just for yourself today Find astressbustermdashwhatever helps you relax mostmdashand

do it

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Practice Card 20

copy Franklin Covey Co All rights reserved

This publication is licensed for use with the Franklin Covey program

or your individual use only

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

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7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you

7252019 Seven Habits - 7x7 Contract

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullseven-habits-7x7-contract 5757

7 X 7 CONTRACT

Week 7 Day 7WRITE A VICTORY LETTER

Today you finish your 7 X 7 Contract Wersquod like

to hear from you about your experience Please

write us a short 7 Habits Victory Letter (or make avideo if yoursquod like) Tell us about your seven-week

experiment with the 7 Habits Think about these

questions

bull Which activity made the biggest difference

for you and why

bull How is your Personal Mission Statement

impacting your life

bull How have you improved a key relationship

bull How are you doing with your goals

bull How has the Daily Private Victory helped you to become more effective

bull How has weekly planning made a difference

for you

bull Have the 7 Habits become habits for you